CVE-2014-1419

medium

Published 2014-07-24 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.9

VIR risk

6.9

Description

Race condition in the power policy functions in policy-funcs in acpi-support before 0.142 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@ubuntu.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2297-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1419

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.142-2`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.142-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.142-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.142-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.142-2`
ubuntu	12.04	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
canonical	acpi-support	`{"endIncluding":"0.141"}`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1419
http://secunia.com/advisories/60319
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2984
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2297-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/acpi-support/%2Bbug/1340812

CWEs

CWE-362

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.